东北摇篮曲 (Dōngběi Yáolán Qǔ)
Key: Am~56 BPMGuitar & Piano chords
One of the best-known cradle songs of Northeast China, hummed across generations through the region’s long, snow-quiet winters — a simple, circling melody built for rocking a baby to sleep.
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Verse 1
Am Dm Am
Hush now, little one, the moon is climbing high,
Dm Am E7
the wind has gone to sleep beneath a frosted sky.
Verse 2
Am Dm Am
Mother’s arms will rock you soft as candlelight,
Dm Am E7
till morning finds you dreaming, warm and safe tonight.
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Chords — guitar & piano
Am
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Dm
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E7
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What this song means
东北摇篮曲 (“Northeastern Cradle Song”) is one of the most widely recognized lullabies from Northeast China, where long winters and quiet nights shaped a musical style built entirely around gentleness — slow, circular phrases that mirror the rocking of a cradle. It has no single known author; like most cradle songs, it passed from mother to mother long before anyone thought to write it down.
Traditional Northeastern Chinese lullaby style. The English lyrics here are an original singable arrangement offered as a respectful tribute to the tradition, not a literal translation of a specific historical text.
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- Chords: written by us for guitar and piano.
- Translation: our own meaning-for-meaning translation, written for understanding. The sung words stay in the original language.
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